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David Axelrod1. Which of Barack Obama’s mentors is NOT Jewish?
A. David Axelrod, political campaign strategist who helped Obama win his Senate seat in 2004 and the presidency in 2008
B. Abner Mikva, law professor who suggested Obama learn more effective public speaking by watching preachers
C. Gerald Kellman, organizer who hired Obama in 1985 to work at the Developing Communities Project in Chicago

Joe Lieberman2. Who received a higher percentage of the vote in their most recent Democratic primary in Connecticut?
A. Barack Obama
B. Joe Lieberman


Rabbi Capers Funnye3. Michelle Obama’s first cousin once removed, Rabbi Capers Funnye, is NOT a leader in which Jewish organization?
A. The Chicago Board of Rabbis
B. Jewish Council for Urban Affairs
C. American Jewish Congress
D. American Jewish Committee

Florida4. When Barack Obama visited South Florida on May 22nd, 2008, his first visit that year, where did he go to speak to Jewish voters?
A. Century Village retirement community
B. Congregation B'nai Torah
B. Bagel Tree in Boca Raton

5. Which tragic event in Jewish history did NOT occur on August 4, Barack Obama’s birthday?
A. Anne Frank discovered by Nazis
B. Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney found dead
C. Jews are expelled from Spain

Hebrew Letters6. In June 2008, Barack Obama used which Hebrew word or phrase during his speech to AIPAC?
A. Tikkun olam
B. Mitzvah
C. Chaverim
D. Shalom

US Map7. Which is the largest state, when ranked by Jewish residents, lost by Barack Obama in the 2008 election?
A. Georgia
B. Texas
C. Arizona

White House8. In Chicago, the Obama’s live across the street from KAM Isaiah Israel, the oldest synagogue in the city. What is the closest synagogue to the Obama’s new home in Washington, DC?
A. Sixth and I Synagogue
B. Kesher Israel, The Georgetown Synagogue
C. Temple Micah
D. National Synagogue

Obama Note9. During the campaign, Barack Obama traveled to Israel and left a note in the cracks of the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City. It was later removed by a student and first published in which Israeli newspaper?
A. The Jerusalem Post
B. Ha’aretz
C. Maariv

10. Which Jewish organization made a $5,000 grant in 1987 to support Barack Obama’s work at the Developing Communities Project on the Far South Side of Chicago?
A. Anti–Defamation League
B. Jewish Fund for Justice
C. American Jewish Congress



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